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Thu, 15 May 2014 14:25:19 +0000hourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.8.1Comment on Some things aren’t a race by bonnev659http://www.caitlinburke.com/blog/2014/05/02/some-things-arent-a-race/#comment-65
Thu, 15 May 2014 14:25:19 +0000http://www.caitlinburke.com/?p=4885#comment-65great article
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Sun, 06 Apr 2014 12:46:20 +0000http://www.caitlinburke.com/?p=4816#comment-64They work better when you shoot them from a bow, instead of hurling them in a bundle like that.
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Wed, 10 Jul 2013 01:36:28 +0000http://www.caitlinburke.com/?p=4250#comment-63As long as we don’t end up telling our girls that here is yet ANOTHER thing boys try to get away with that girls have to compensate for. It doesn’t shock me at all that a girl would be less than enthused about taking on a confrontation with a neighbor’s child just because his parents didn’t raise him right 🙂
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Tue, 09 Jul 2013 20:11:16 +0000http://www.caitlinburke.com/?p=4250#comment-62I agree with you that the treatment of boys as different from girls has got to go, but this is long-term, and we also must live in the here and now. Just yesterday my wife and I were talking with my girls about a neighbor’s boy’s comments and antics. They were incredibly reluctant to stand up to him. I could understand this in my younger daughter, who is very petite and also a year younger than him. But my older one also took a lot of convincing, and I’m still not certain she’s going to do it. This despite the fact that she’s older, a head taller and an athlete. I’m sure this is something you’ve seen before, but nonetheless I was a bit shocked.

About the articles and marketing, I’m not shocked at all. I’ve been around the block a bit, and so has my wife (we’re both in our mid 40s), and both of us have seen lots of these articles. Not good.

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Tue, 09 Jul 2013 16:24:49 +0000http://www.caitlinburke.com/?p=4250#comment-61Some marketing efforts just plain lie, too – on Fitocracy this week, a woman posted a photo of a body-fat percentage chart prominently displayed at her gym, claiming that 6-11% was a “superior” BF percentage for young women (explained away by a trainer she asked as “professional athletes”), but not only is that range stupefyingly unhealthy for females, the source (American College of Sports Medicine, as claimed by the chart) simply does not say that. It says what you would expect it to say, that women’s essential body fat – bare minimum – is about 12%. (It also says that 20-32% is “satisfactory for good health” for women.)

So let’s teach all our kids not to trust a presentation just because the source is listed. Go to the source, and see if it matches what the presentation claims.

And if you see a 500-word article with 65 scientific references, let that be a trigger for your spidey sense that someone is trying to blind you with “overwhelming evidence.” Chances are good that if you even just skim the abstracts for those references, they won’t support the article’s claims – and may even contradict them.

People are willing to say some amazing things. Don’t lose your ability to trust, but keep an eye out for motives and check out the facts.

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Tue, 09 Jul 2013 16:04:27 +0000http://www.caitlinburke.com/?p=4250#comment-60Thanks for all the kind comments!

I wish it were as simple as “lose the attitude,” but this is a pervasive problem, deeply embedded in every institution, with tendrils reaching forward through every living generation. Boys and girls are treated differently from birth, and that’s what has to change if we are to meaningfully support our girls as they become full members of society.

In the meantime, we can actively teach the kids in our lives to shake off diminishing language, and learn how to discern good advice from bad. I tend to think this is something we need to focus on girls for, because they are hemmed in so much more, but we need our boys to keep up, too!

I’ve worked in advertising for a long time. I think particularly with kids around middle-school age, “unpacking” ads – examining their goals and tactics – can be a great way to model the kind of thinking that helps here. Ads have simple motivations, and can be remarkably frank about telling stories meant to make someone feel bad or inadequate. And adolescents hate being jerked around, so they can get pretty engaged in looking for that “inside story.”

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Tue, 09 Jul 2013 14:45:49 +0000http://www.caitlinburke.com/?p=4250#comment-59This is a great article, Caitlin. I too have two young daughters, and want to echo Dave’s comment. Women need to be able to stand up for themselves, and not only that, lose the attitudes brought up by society’s stereotypes. I am sharing this article tonight with my wife and daughters (8 and 11).
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Tue, 09 Jul 2013 02:12:19 +0000http://www.caitlinburke.com/?p=4250#comment-58Fantastic article Caitlin. As the father of two young girls I want to arm them with the proper tools in order to deal with a world that’s increasingly hostile to women. I’m sharing this article with my oldest daughter (12 next month) straight away. You. Are. Awesome.
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Mon, 08 Jul 2013 21:29:15 +0000http://www.caitlinburke.com/?p=4250#comment-57This article is brilliant and to-the-point. A friend of mine considers you a guru on Fitocracy. I respect you too. The commentary about diminishment and how to react to it are helpful for me. Thank you for sharing.
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Mon, 08 Jul 2013 20:11:03 +0000http://www.caitlinburke.com/?p=4250#comment-56Brilliant message Caitlin. Inspirational as always.
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